Qantassaurus (Qantas lizard) Phonetic Kwan-tass-sore-us Named By T. H. Rich & P. Vickers-Rich - 1999 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 1.5 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopods Type Species Q. intrepidus (type) Found in Australia, Victoria - Wonthaggi Formation When it Lived Early Cretaceous, 115 million years ago Qantassaurus Facts Qantassaurus, meaning “Qantas lizard,” is a […]
Psittacosaurus (Parrot lizard) Phonetic Sit-tah-coe-sore-us Named By Henry Fairfield Osborn – 1923 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 2 meters long Type of Dinosaur Ceratopsian Type Species P. mongoliensis (type) Found in China, Mongolia and Russia. Possibly also Thailand When it Lived Early Cretaceous, 120 million years ago Psittacosaurus Facts Psittacosaurus, meaning “parrot lizard,” is a genus
Protoceratops (First horned face) Phonetic Pro-toe-seh-rah-tops Named By Walter W. Granger & William King Gregory - 1923 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 2 meters long Type of Dinosaur P. andrewsi (type), P. hellenikorhinus Type Species A. oshimai (type), A. yujingziensis Found in China. Mongolia When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 80-75 million years ago Protoceratops Facts Protoceratops,
Prosaurolophus (Before Saurolophus) Phonetic Pro-sore-o-lo-phus Named By Barnum Brown - 1916 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 9 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species P. maximus (type), P. blackfeetensis Found in Canada, Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation. USA, Montana - Two Medicine Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 76.5-73 million years ago Prosaurolophus Facts Prosaurolophus,
Probactrosaurus (Before Bactrosaurus) Phonetic Pro-bak-trow-sore-us Named By Anatoly Konstantinovich Rozhdestvensky - 1966 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 6 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species P. gobiensis (type), P. mazongshanensis Found in Mongolia - Dashuigou Formation. Possibly also China, Gansu Province - Lower Red Unit Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 80-70 million years ago
Prenocephale (Sloped head) Phonetic Pree-no-sef-ah-lay Named By Maryanska & Osmolska - 1974 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 2 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species P. prenes (type), P. brevis, P. edmontonensis Found in Mongolia – Gobi Desert When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 70-66 million years ago Prenocephale Facts Prenocephale, which means “sloped head,” is
Polacanthus (Many Spikes) Phonetic Po-la-can-thus Named By Richard Owen - 1865 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 4.5 meters long Type of Dinosaur Armoured Dinosaur Type Species Polacanthus foxii Found in United Kingdom, Isle of Wight, Sussex When it Lived Early Cretaceous, 130-125 million years ago Polacanthus Facts Polacanthus, meaning “many spines,” is a genus of herbivorous
Pleurocoelus (hollow-sided) Phonetic plu-row-ce-les Named By Othniel Charles Marsh - 1888 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 15-20 long Type of Dinosaur Sauropod Type Species Pleurocoelus nanus (type) Found in USA When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 100-66 million years ago Pleurocoelus Facts Pleurocoelus is a genus of large herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period,
Platyceratops (Flat horned face) Phonetic Plat-e-seh-rah-tops Named By V. R. Alifanov - 2003 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 4 meters long Type of Dinosaur Ceratopsian Type Species P. tatarinovi (type) Found in Mongolia - Barun Goyot Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 75 million years ago Platyceratops Facts Platyceratops is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur that
Plateosaurus (Broad lizard) Phonetic Plat-e-o-sore-us Named By Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer - 1837 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 9 meters long Type of Dinosaur Sauropod Type Species P. engelhardti (type), P. gracilis Found in France, Germany, Switzerland When it Lived Late Triassic, 214-204 million years ago Plateosaurus Facts Plateosaurus is a dinosaur genus that lived
